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Lawsuit Filed Against Trump After Refugees Detained at Airports
President Donald Trump has been busy in his first few days of office. Late Friday evening, Trump signed an executive order calling for new “extreme vetting” measures of immigrants heading to the United States. The order has now created another legal tangle in that all refugees who were on route to the U.S. have now been stopped and detained at airports. This has lead New York attorneys to file a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of their detained clients early Saturday.
Here’s Who Got it Wrong - No, Obama Did Not Pardon Hillary Clinton
Looks like there’s no pardon for Hillary Clinton after all. Despite the speculation that President Barack Obama would pardon Clinton before leaving office, he did not include her in his historic pardoning or commutation of over 1,000 individuals days before leaving the White House. For months leading up to President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20th, conservative commentators and political pundits firmly asserted that Obama would pardon Hillary.
Attorney Says Assange Won’t Agree to be Extradited Despite Chelsea Manning’s Commutation
As LawNewz reported last week, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange agreed to be extradited to the U.S. if Chelsea Manning were to receive clemency. Now the world is wondering if he will live up to his word. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama commuted the 35-year sentence of Chelsea Manning. The former Army intelligence analyst was convicted of espionage and other related offenses for leaking military information to WikiLeaks.
Armed 12-Year Old Allegedly Demands Chicken McNugget After Classmate Refuses to Share
When she means no, she means no. A thirteen-year old student was allegedly approached by a classmate at a McDonald’s in Harlem who asked for one of her chicken nuggets. When the teen declined to share her meal, her 12-year old classmate allegedly followed her to the 103rd St. No. 6 train subway station and approached her with a gun, once again demanding one of her chicken nuggets. The fearless teen simply brushed away the gun, told her would-be attacker to leave her alone, and boarded her train.
In True Kim Fashion, No Need to Travel to Testify for Upcoming Robbery Trial
Kim Kardashian must be sighing a breath of relief. Not only have 17 suspects been arrested by the French authorities in relation to the robbery which took place in October during Paris Fashion Week, but now, if a new TMZ report is accurate, she may not have to travel for the upcoming trial nor ever see her assailants face-to-face.
Official Given Diplomatic Immunity After Allegedly Rubbing Crotch Against Woman on Subway
And you thought you were having a bad subway ride. On Monday, a diplomat from Sudan was charged with forcible touching for an incident which occurred on an afternoon 4 train leaving Grand Central Terminal. According to police, Mohammad Abdalla Ali, 49, a was taken into custody after he allegedly rubbed up against a 38-year-old woman on the northbound train. Officers had apparently observed him grind his crotch against the victim while in transit.
White Woman Allegedly Sexually-Assaulted During Hate Crime by Two Black Men
Falling on the heels of the highly publicized and horrendous incident involving four black assailants abusing a mentally challenged young man, there is another possible hate crimes incident which has just recently occurred in Aurora, Colorado. Police are currently investigating a possible racially-motivated sexual assault which allegedly took place outside of an Aurora shopping center.
It Fails!: Government Ethics Chief Slams Trump’s Conflict of Interest Plan
Walter Schaub Jr., the director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) spoke at the Brookings Institution following the press conference held earlier today by President-elect Donald Trump in which he announced his conflict-of-interest plan. Schaub is not buying it.
Brad and Angelina to Keep Their Divorce Under Wraps and Hire ‘Private Judge’
Although they’re used to the limelight and their relationship playing out in front of the world, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have recently come to an agreement to keep their divorce private moving forward. The decision was apparently made for the sake of their children. Through his attorneys, Pitt had previously requested that the divorce documents remain sealed, to Jolie’s protest. It seems she has since relented on the issue.
New Call for Criminal Charges Against Congressman Who Removed ‘Anti-Police’ Pig Painting
There’s new drama developing on the Hill, and it’s not concerning the current confirmation hearings of Jeff Sessions. On Friday, California Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Ca) seemingly took it upon himself to take down a painting he found offensive in the Cannon Tunnel within the Capitol buildings. The painting, which depicts police officers as pigs, was created by a high school student who had won the annual Congressional Art Competition.
IMDb Believes Newly-Enacted Law Protecting Actors’ Ages is Unconstitutional
California legislators enacted a new law which went into effect on January 1st restricting the display of an actor’s date of birth to a “commercial online entertainment employment service provider.” The purpose of the law seems to be to curb the use of age discrimination in the field, according to California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The foremost movie database and entertainment website, IMDb.com, believes that it is the specific and exclusive target of the new regulation.
Civil Rights Attorney Claimed Jeff Sessions Wanted to Ignore KKK-Lynching Case
Days before his confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin, Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for Attorney General, asserted that he prosecuted a Ku Klux Klan related lynching nearly 30-years ago in a questionnaire that he submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee. However, Thomas Figures, an assistant U.S. attorney who worked under Sessions as U.S. attorney in Alabama at the time of the lynching case, said otherwise.
Why It Absolutely Makes Sense to Charge Chicago Facebook Live Four With Hate Crimes
Four suspects have been arrested for the disturbing torture of a disabled young white man in Chicago that was broadcast live on Facebook. The accused have been charged with hate crimes, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. In the video, you can hear one of the suspects yelling “f*** white people.” Police say they tied up the 18-year old for as long as four hours while they tortured him.
1,330 Law School Professors Want Congress to Force Sen. Jeff Sessions to Take a Hike
On the heels of the sit-in protest and ultimate arrest of NAACP members at the Mobile, Alabama office of U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, he is now being served another blow. 1,330 law school faculty members hailing from 176 law schools in 49 states have joined in a petition calling for Congress to halt the nomination of Sessions as U.S. Attorney General. Sessions, no stranger to controversy, has received substantial backlash in regards to his nomination.
White Student Charged After ‘Racist Rant’ About Chicken Wings Posted on SnapChat
Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli has decided to pursue criminal charges against a 14-year-old Saucon Valley white student who recorded a racist video against a black classmate. The case brings up interesting questions about the thin line between free speech and what can be considered cyber harassment. According to NBC10, the white student recorded a 16-year-old black student eating chicken wings during lunch via Snapchat.
NAACP Sit-In Protest of Sen. Jeff Sessions Ends with Arrests
Six NAACP members have been forced to end their sit-in of U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions late Tuesday when they were arrested at his Mobile, Alabama, office. The members, including five men and one woman, began their sit-in earlier Tuesday to protest the nomination of Sessions as U.S. Attorney General under President-Elect Donald Trump.
What is This Smart, Well-Educated Attorney Doing on The Bachelor?
If you were watching The Bachelor Monday night, you might have noticed the presence of an unlikely contestant: Dallas attorney Rachel Lindsay. She caught our attention because why would such a highly qualified and accomplished young woman such as Lindsay subject herself to the circus that is The Bachelor? She’s got a pretty impressive legal pedigree.
Why Would This Smart, Well-Educated Attorney Want to be Next Bachelorette ?
ABC announced that Rachel Lindsay will be the first ever black Bachelorette in a season that will premiere on May 22th. You might have noticed her as a contestant on The Bachelor this season. The Dallas attorney caught our attention because why would such a highly qualified and accomplished young woman such as Lindsay subject herself to the circus that is The Bachelor? She’s got a pretty impressive legal pedigree.
Dalia Dippolito Denied Request to be Released From House Arrest in Murder-For-Hire Case
Dalia Dippolito, the 34-year old woman arrested and charged with the murder-for-hire scheme against her husband of just six months, now seeks to be released from house arrest. Prosecutors believe Dippolito hired an undercover police officer to act as hitman to kill her husband. The murder-for-hire plot was allegedly caught on video during a police undercover sting. Dippolito’s most recent trial ended in a hung jury with three jurors voting guilty and three voting not guilty.
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